Vinyl to CD

jakem_2

Apologies if this is in the wrong place, and move if necessary.

I am looking for someone to transfer quite a lot of my old vinyl on to CD, I cant do it, as wouldnt know how, and dont even know if I have the bits attached to my PC to do it.
I am a complete numpty with things like this. :eek:

I know there are people who do this, I am not looking for a company to do it, as I would rather pay a one man band if you know what I mean, even someone who does this for themselves, or even does as a sideline is what I am looking for.

Where do I look for someone like this, and does anyone know or have any idea the costs involved?

Many thanks for any suggestions.

googler

The best solution doesn't involve a PC. It involves buying a professional piece of audio kit, the Alesis Masterlink ML9600. You can find it here

I take it you have turntable, and amplifier with 'Tape Out' or other 'Line Out' socketry? If so, all you need to do is connect your amp to the Line In on the Alesis, press Record, and play vinyl. If you've been able to record your vinyl to cassettes in the past, you can operate the Alesis. No technical knowledge required.

The Alesis allows you to adjust levels, apply processing such as EQ, Compression, etc, insert track start points, top/tail the tracks to remove stylus drops and end-of-side clicks, all with ease, and - in my opinion - FAR easier than with software solutions such as Audacity, etc.

All processing is done on Hard Disk, and once completed, you burn the CD with the Alesis's built-in drive.

Ask me more if you want.

[Deleted User]

There are record players which you can buy these days which you can either attach a USB cable and transfer directly to your PC. If this idea is too daunting for you, there are also others which have a built in CD drive and these will copy directly to CD. They range in price from around £50 to £120. Try https://www.coopersofstortford.co.uk

Richie-from-the-Boro

No personal experience but £300 will buy this:


and £30 will buy this

googler

£300 for that ... the words "overpriced tat" come to mind....

We can possibly assume the OP has the turntable already, since he/she has a 'lot of vinyl' to be transferred..... and just requires the gear to record from it and produce a finished CD.

Richie-from-the-Boro

googler wrote: »

£300 for that ... the words "overpriced tat" come to mind....

We can possibly assume the OP has the turntable already, since he/she has a 'lot of vinyl' to be transferred..... and just requires the gear to record from it and produce a finished CD.

It certainly is overpriced, even if it performs well it's a poor attempt at nostalgic reproduction. I just thought I'd post~a~piccie !

The blue bit is the Maplins £30 kit which is Win7 compatible, assuming like you did he has his own ' other bits '

artha

[quote=[Deleted User];33685107]There are record players which you can buy these days which you can either attach a USB cable and transfer directly to your PC. If this idea is too daunting for you, there are also others which have a built in CD drive and these will copy directly to CD. They range in price from around £50 to £120. Try https://www.coopersofstortford.co.uk[/QUOTE]

Aldi stores were selling these last week for under £40. When this types of kit was first seen in the mainstream a couple of years ago (ION branded)
they were selling for £100 -£150.

Stompa

If you want to avoid using a PC at all then I guess there's this sort of thing:

http://www.guardianoffers.co.uk/mall/productpage.cfm/GuardianOffers/_TIM0012234/-/Inovalley-USB-Music-centre

it doesn't give any real detail, and it looks a bit naff, but I guess it may do the job.

jakem_2

Many thanks to all of you for your replies, but most of it is still above my head TBH, I was sort of after someone who could it for me.
I'm sure I read a few months ago in my local paper someone offering this service :undecided, or maybe something like it caught my eye, but I never took any notice at the time :mad:
But I will keep a look out and see if he advertises again.:)

Idiophreak

googler wrote: »

£300 for that ... the words "overpriced tat" come to mind....

I'd have thought this was a better way of lightening your wallet by 300
http://www.superfi.co.uk/index.cfm/page/moreinfo.cfm/product_id/3378

fwor

jakem wrote: »

TBH, I was sort of after someone who could it for me.

The problem is that if done properly it is a very time-consuming (and boring) process. For every vinyl album there is probably an hour's worth of work once you've done the trimming of the resulting files, the splitting into tracks, album and track naming and, if necessary some de-clicking and noise removal if the record has any damage.

There aren't really any shortcuts, so it's bound to be expensive unless you DIY.

Unless the material is rare, it's far easier to use other methods (which we couldn't condone here) to get it already in digital form.